Announcements

The San Diego Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America this month will present a brown bag luncheon CLE seminar titled Thinking the Unthinkable: Pro-Active Management of Environmental Liabilities.
The program will take place on Thursday, December 2 from noon to 1 p.m. at the main conference room of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP...

The Minnesota Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America this month has scheduled a seminar titled Financial Reporting and Audit Obligations - Ethical Considerations, Reporting Fraud and the Role of In-House Counsel.
The program will take place on Tuesday, December 7 at the Metropolitan Ballroom & Clubroom, 5418 Wayzata Boulevard, St....

To help attorneys manage stress more effectively, the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) this month is offering a CLE seminar titled Stress Management for Lawyers in three locations.
The presentations will take place on Tuesday, December 7 at the OSBA offices, 1700 Lake Shore Drive, Columbus, OH; on Tuesday, December 14 at the Forum Conference Center,...

The Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) this month will present a CLE seminar titled Supreme Court Year in Review in two locations.
The programs will take place on Friday, December 3 at the OSBA office, 1700 Lake Shore Drive, Columbus, OH, and on Friday, December 17 at the Forum Conference Center, East 9th and St. Clair streets, Cleveland. Sessions run...

The Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America this month has scheduled a CLE seminar titled Update on Corporate Governance: The Audit Committee Conundrum.
The program will take place on Thursday, December 2 from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at the Key Tower Conference Center, Cleveland.
Topics of discussion at the seminar will include...

Negotiation and Presentation Skills for Lawyers is the title of a CLE seminar that will be presented by the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) at three locations this month.
The programs will take place on Wednesday, December 8 at the OSBA offices, 1700 Lake Shore Drive, Columbus, OH; on Wednesday, December 15 at the Forum Conference Center, East 9th and...

The DC Bar Association this month has scheduled a two-part 2004 Intellectual Property Law Year in Review Series.
Part 1 - Patent Update will take place on Tuesday, December 7 from 6 to 8:15 p.m. at the DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street, NW, Washington, DC.
This session will focus on patent law providing an overview that will be valuable not only...

The Iowa Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America at its December meeting will offer a seminar titled Current Challenges and Changing Roles of the General Counsel.
The session will take place on Thursday, December 16 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Embassy Club, 40th Floor, 801 Grand, Des Moines. A social hour will follow the seminar.
The...

The New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE), The New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association and the New Jersey Bar Association early this month are planning their 2004 Intellectual Property Summit.
The conference will take place on Thursday, December 2 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Nassau Inn, Princeton, NJ.
At this comprehensive...

Boston Bar Association President M. Ellen Carpenter has announced the names of eight up-and-coming lawyers who have been selected to participate in a unique leadership development initiative. These BBA "Public Interest Leaders," all of whom are in the early stages of their careers, will participate in a year-long series of private roundtable discussions...

On Tuesday, November 9, ADR will be the focus of a CLE seminar planned by the Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America and the firm of Nixon Peabody LLP under the title The Romance of the Reality of Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Decline of the Judicial Trial.
The program will examine ADR trends and how attorneys...

Larry A. Silverstein, developer of the Freedom Tower, the centerpiece of the proposed plan for rebuilding at the site of the World Trade Center twin towers, which collapsed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and architect Daniel Libeskind have announced that they have settled their differences over fees owed to Studio Daniel Libeskind for the...

Professional Responsibility in the Age of the Internet - Ethical Implications of Using Digital Technology is the title of a CLE seminar slated for Tuesday, November 23 by the New York County Lawyers' Association (NYCLA).
In this program, speakers will analyze troublesome issues of professional responsibility that practitioners must consider when using...

The Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America (ACC-NE) this month has scheduled an all-day conference under the title Expanding Your Reach: Increasing In-House Counsel's Effectiveness in a Global Practice.
The conference will take place on Wednesday, November 17 from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the offices of McDermott, Will &...

The Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America (ACC-NE) next month has scheduled an ethics seminar under the title The Challenges of In-House Counsel at Homewares Corporation, USA.
The program will take place on Wednesday, December 8 from 8 to 10 a.m. at Hasbro, Inc., 1011 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, RI.
This program demonstrates...

The New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association (NJCCA) this month is planning a trio of CLE seminars on timely issues crucial to the practice of in-house counsel.
On Wednesday, November 10, NJCCA and the firm of Cozen O'Connor are offering a program titled Corporate Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions: A New Era.
The session will take place from 8:...

The Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America and the firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP this month are offering a CLE seminar titled How Corporations Respond to Regulatory Investigations: Current Trends and Issues.
The program will take place on Thursday, November 4 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Waldorf Astoria...

The American Arbitration Association (AAA) this month and next is planning a trio of seminars on various aspects of arbitration.
On Tuesday, November 9, AAA will present Designing Your Remedy: How to Maximize the Effectiveness of an Arbitration Clause.This comprehensive and interactive program is designed to provide participants with the best practices...

The New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association (NJCCA) this month has scheduled its Annual Wine Tasting Event and Annual Dinner Meeting.
The event will take place on Thursday, November 18 from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Highlawn Pavilion in West Orange, NJ.
A one-and-a-half-hour wine tasting will be held just prior to NJCCA's Annual Dinner Meeting and...

The New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association (NJCCA) and the firm of Proskauer Rose LLP are sponsoring an In-House Employment Counsel Network Open Forum Series.
The sessions are designed to allow employment attorneys to build a network and share ideas and best practices with fellow in-house employment counsel.
The first program took place on October 13...

Issues ranging from employment law to law department management will be the focus this month of a variety of CLE seminars by WESFACCA, the Westchester/Southern Connecticut Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America.
The sessions are being offered according to the following schedule:
Thursday, November 4, Effective Employee Discipline &...

The Pro Bono Partnership this month is planning a seminar titled Real Estate Issues for Nonprofits.
The program will take place on Thursday, November 18, from9 am to noon at PSE&G, 80 Park Plaza, Newark, NJ. Breakfast and registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.
This workshop addresses the real estate issues that nonprofits face when purchasing land...

The firm of Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP this month is offering three additional programs in its fall series of breakfast seminars on issues of interest to corporate counsel.
All sessions take place at the Brown Raysman offices, 900 Third Avenue, 21st Floor, New York City. Each session runs from 8:30 to 10 a.m., with registration...

The Northeast Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America, CorporateProBono.Org, Lawyers Clearinghouse for Affordable Housing and Homelessness, Inc., and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association this month are planning a Boston Onsite Pro Bono Clinic.
The event will take place on Thursday, November 18...